Qingzhou City, Shandong Province, under the jurisdiction of the county level city, administered by Weifang City, is located in the middle of Shandong Peninsula, east of Changle County, west of Zichuan District, Zibo City, Linzi District, south of Linqu County, Dongying City to the north bordering Guangrao County, northeast of Shouguang City. With a total area of 1569 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 4 subdistricts, 8 towns, 1 provincial economic development zone, 1124 natural villages, 977 administrative villages and 78 communities. By the end of 2020, the permanent population of Qingzhou is 960,800.

Qingzhou is one of the ancient Kyushu in China. In the course of seven thousand years of human cultural development, it has left the sites of Beixin culture, Longshan culture and Dawenkou culture. It is known by historians as the birthplace of Dongyi culture. Qingzhou is a national civilized city, a national historical and cultural city, a national health city, a national Garden city, a national Excellent tourism city, a national geopark, a Town of Longevity in China, one of the first national tourism demonstration areas, and won the Comprehensive Award of China Human Settlement Environment Award. Ji-qinghai high-speed Railway, Jiao-Jinan passenger dedicated line, Jiao-Jinan Railway, Yanglin Railway and Qingsi-Yin Expressway, Chang-shen Expressway and the middle line of Ji-Qinghai Expressway intersect in the territory.

In 2021, the preliminary gross domestic product of Qingzhou was 67.68 billion yuan, an increase of 10.5% over 2020 based on comparable prices.